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LSE Festival 2019 | What Does It Mean to Be British and Who Defines It?

Saturday 2 March 2019 | 1 hour 11 minutes 55 seconds
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This interactive public event comprises a panel-based discussion, with representatives from different influential spheres in society who are shaping discourse on British identity, combined with direct audience engagement.

Diane Abbott (@HackneyAbbott) is MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and is the Shadow Home Secretary.

Sunder Katwala (@sundersays) is the director of British Future. He has previously worked as a journalist.

Eric Kaufmann (@epkaufm) is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Dr Alita Nandi (@alitanandi ) is Research Fellow at the University of Essex, who carries out research on the formation and measurement of British, ethnic and other social identities and their consequences.

Dr Ilka Gleibs (@Dr_Ilka_Gleibs) is Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science.

Twitter hashtags for this event: #LSEFestival #NewWorldDisorders

This event is part of the LSE Festival: New World (Dis)Orders running from Monday 25 February to Saturday 2 March 2019, with a series of events exploring how social science can tackle global problems.